Grace Baptist Church in Navarre was razed in 2000 to make way for this Snyder Drug that closed last spring.

It isn’t every day I come across a body of water in Hennepin County I’ve never seen before. Today I was pleasantly surprised a little snake shaped body of water called Melody Lake in Edina. The best way to get a peek at it is to visit the park located at 5501 Melody Lake Drive. This beautiful four-acre park has some amazing wildlife. I saw an enormous blue heron there this afternoon.

Bob was all over The Patriot’s airwaves today. He got off to a good start with Ed Morrisey in the morning. Ed had another blogger for a guest and they were batting around Obama’s speech. Bob called to say how thankful he was that Obama decided to give the speech in the Oval Office wearing a suit and tie instead of on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier wearing a jumpsuit. Ed cut me off pretty quick, but I have to say these guys were pretty “fair” in their discussion of Obama’s speech. I hope 1280 gives Ed his own show. I’d listen I’d call. I may be the only one calling, but how many callers do you need. Bob made his third appearance this month on Michael Medved’s show later in the day.

In the 1970′s the “Minnesota Strip” was a term used by New Yorkers to describe Eighth Avenue . The term was coined by cops because it was rumored that many of the prostitutes who worked the stretch between 42nd and 50th Streets were teenage runaways from Minnesota.

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Mound’s high school buildings were built in 1917 and 1938. A hexagonal pod section was added in 1964. At the top of the picture you can see the holder for the lone incandescent light bulb that used to light up this intersection originally. Later more modern incandescent lamps were mounted on horizontal extenders from poles. Modern metal poles with mercury lights came along in the later 50′s or 60′s. Originally there was one light at this intersection and another one where shoreline drive turned off. These were very similar to ordinary household use and the streets were dark by today’s standards. The buildings were razed in 1999.

The destruction of the main entry way of Mound High had such symbolic significance it caused traffic to stop on Commerce Boulevard. If your looking for a great historical resource for the City of Mound, look no further!

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It doesn’t look like “Sandy” has updated anything recently, but this little site is a treasure trove of old photos and memories. Enjoy!

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This PCC car, #322, was built in 1946 by the St. Louis Car Company of Missouri. It was one of 140 built in three years for Twin City Rapid Transit of St. Paul and Minneapolis. In 1953, just before TCRT ended streetcar operations, the car was one of 30 sold to the operators of the City Subway in Newark, New Jersey. (The other PCCs in that Newark batch kept running until 2001!) In 1978 it was one of 4 sold to the operators of the Rapid Transit Lines in Shaker Heights, Ohio. In 1986 it was retired and brought back to Minnesota. In 2000, after a long and painstaking restoration by the Minnesota Transportation Museum (now the MN Streetcar Museum), it was returned to service (in its original TCRT colors) on the museum’s restored portion of the old Como Harriet line in southwest Minneapolis.